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Homeless Narratives & Pretreatment Pathways: New Horizons in Therapy

Autor Jay S. Levy
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 aug 2010
On any given night, there are over 643,000 homeless peopleresiding in shelters and on the streets across America. What can we do to help?
"Levy crafts stories of characters who sear the memory: OldMan Ray, the World War II veteran who resents the VA system andregards himself as the de facto night watchman at Port Authority;Ben who claims to be a prophet disowned in his own country, crucifiedby the government and enslaved by poverty finds a bridge tothe mainstream services and a path to housing through the commonlanguage of religious metaphors, including redemption andforgiveness; and Andrew who has been 'mentally murdered' ishelped to understand his own situation and gain disability benefitsthrough the language of trauma; among others.
These stories are deftly interwoven with theory and practice as Levy constructshis developmental model of the engagement and pretreatment process. The outreachworker strives to understand the language and the culture of each homeless individual,builds a bridge to the mainstream services, and helps those providers to understandthe special circumstances of these vulnerable people. Levy bears witness to thecourage of these pilgrims who wander the streets of our cities, and his poignant bookis a testament to the healing power of trusting and enduring relationships."
--Jim O'Connell, MD - President and Street Physician forBoston Health Care for the Homeless Program

The reader will...
  • Experience moving real life stories that demystify homeless outreach and its centralobjectives and challenges.
  • Learn about effective strategies of outreach & engagement with under-servedpopulations.
  • Understand and be able to utilize the stages of common language construction inyour own practice.
  • Learn about pretreatment principles and their applications with persons experiencinguntreated major mental illness, addiction, and medical issues.
  • Discover new interventions via outreach counseling, advocacy and case managementwith people experiencing long-term or chronic homelessness.
  • Understand how to better integrate policy, programs (e.g. Housing First), and supervisionwith homeless outreach initiatives.

    About the Author
    Jay S. Levy, LICSW has spent the last 20 years working withindividuals who experience homelessness. He has developed newprograms and provided clinical staff supervision. Jay is one ofthe architects to the Regional Engagement and Assessment forChronically Homeless Housing program (REACH). This wasadopted by the Western Massachusetts Regional Network as aninnovative approach toward reducing chronic homelessness.

    Learn more at www.JaySLevy.com
    From the New Horizons in Therapy Series at Loving Healing Press www.LovingHealing.com

    SOC025000 Social Science : Social Work
    PSY010000 Psychology : Psychotherapy - Counseling
    POL002000 Political Science : Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781615990269
ISBN-10: 1615990267
Pagini: 168
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Loving Healing Press
Seria New Horizons in Therapy


Notă biografică

Jay S. Levy has spent more than 30 years working with individuals who experience homelessness. He is the author of the highly acclaimed books Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First and Homeless Narratives & Pretreatment Pathways. He has also published a monograph and several journal articles on Homelessness issues. Jay developed Pretreat-ment as an approach for helping people without homes. He has helped to create new Housing First programs such as the Regional Engagement and Assessment for Chronically Homeless program (REACH). Jay is currently employed by Eliot CHS-Homeless Services as a Regional Manager for the statewide SAMHSA-PATH Homeless Outreach Team. He is also an adjunct teacher at Anna Maria College and recently taught a unique graduate psychology course on Outreach Counseling, which integrated Pretreatment and PIE perspectives with the clinical challenges of homeless services work. He has achieved formal recognition from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Mental Health for his ongoing efforts to help under-served homeless individuals through his direct service, clinical super-vision of staff, and program development. Jay received his MSW degree in clinical social work from Columbia University in 1988. Jay lives in Western MA with his wife, Louise. His two children, Talia and Sara, are off to college and beyond. He is an avid stargazer. More information on Jay and his work can be found at www.jayslevy.com